Search results for "Jeff Clayton"

Milt Jackson with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra: Bags' Groove (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 30, 08

Brothers Jeff and John Clayton and drummer Jeff Hamilton have co-led the premier West Coast big band for the last 20+...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MODERN BIG BANDS

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Clayton Bros.: Where Is Love? (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music January 01, 09

Part of me, the part that detests musicals, says that there's just no way I should be enjoying this tune. However, th...

Tamir Hendelman: Sycamore (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 14, 09

While he can wow the crowds with outrageous piano flights a la Gene Harris, I am much more enamored of Tamir Hendelma...

Diana Krall: It Could Happen to You (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music June 28, 08

This is retro-Krall, with an Eisenhower-era flavor. Don't get me wrong, the 1950s were a great time for pop-vocal-pl...

Diana Krall: How Insensitive (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music June 28, 08

It's not easy to sing bossa nova. Diana Krall just makes it seem easy. Krall has tackled bossa before, demonstrati...

Diana Krall: I've Got You Under My Skin (live in Paris) (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music December 08, 07

What extraordinary patience and care Krall puts into her vocals. She never strains for effect, never gets caught up ...

Diana Krall: I Was Doing Alright (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music February 13, 08

I am not a big fan of retro jazz - playacting which finds jazz singers adopting the mannerisms (and often the attire ...

Diana Krall: Too Marvelous for Words (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music March 28, 09

I learned one thing on the playground basketball courts as a kid . . . if you keep on using the same moves over and o...

Clayton, John posted in Encyclopedia September 11, 09

Clayton, John, bass, bandleader, composer (b. Los Angeles, August 20, 1952). An outstanding bassist, composer and ar...

Hamilton, Jeff posted in Encyclopedia September 11, 09

Hamilton, Jeff, drums, bandleader (b. Richmond, Indiana, August 4, 1953). Equally comfortable in big band or small g...

The Jazz Party in Vail posted in The Jazz.com Blog September 08, 09

For his Labor Day weekend getaway, Thomas Cunniffe traveled to Vail for the 15th annual Jazz Party. During this mara...

Green, Freddy (Frederick William) posted in Encyclopedia August 20, 09

Guitarist Freddy Green's rock-solid, four-to-the-bar chords can be heard through the cracks of the Count Basie Orche...

Hauff, Tim (Timothy Andrew) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Hauff, Tim (Timothy Andrew), bass (primarily acoustic); b. Sioux City, Iowa, 15 January 1952. His father is Warren Ha...

Dave Grusin: I Feel Pretty (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music February 15, 09

Forty years after West Side Story hit big, pianist Dave Grusin decided to revisit and maybe revitalize Bernstein's mu...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: WEST SIDE STORY

Scads of Broadway show tunes have become jazz standards, but probably no single musical proved more popular with...

Petrocca, Lorenzo posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Petrocca, Lorenzo, guitarist; b. Cortone, Southern Italy, 18 February 1964. His brothers are Franco (bass, b.11.11.19...

Hobgood, Laurence (Bishop) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Hobgood, Laurence (Bishop), piano; b. Salisbury, N.C., 23 December 1959. Although several years were spent in Ithaca,...

Bill Cunliffe: Port Authority (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 16, 08

In the ongoing debate about which jazz recordings merit elevation to the status of "classic," there are few (other th...

Shank, Kendra posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Shank, Kendra (Ann), vocalist, guitarist, percussionist; b. Woodland, CA, 23 April 1958. Lived in Davis, CA until ...

Song of the Day posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 17, 07

The Song of the Day is a regular feature at jazz.com. Five days per week, jazz.com highlights an exceptional track d...

Seaton, Lynn (Earl) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Seaton, Lynn (Earl), bass, educator; b. Tulsa, OK, 18 July 1957. His father was Earl Alva Seaton (Born 1919 Died 1992...

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